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ASSESSMENT LISTS AND OTHER MANUSCRIPT

DOCUMENTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY PRIOR

TO 1729.

MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER MEETING.

VOL. XX% NO. 7.
PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER COPY

LANCASTER, PA.
1916

Assessment Lists and Other Manuscript Documents of Lan-
caster County Prior to 1729. 155

By H. Fkank Eshleman, Esq.

Minutes of September Meeting. 195

Assessment Lists and other Doc-
uments of Lancaster Connty
Prior to the Year 1729.

About the only original Lancaster
county manuscript documents, now
known, dating before 1729 are: A cer-
tified copy of the petition for the erec-
tion of our county, signed in 1728; the
letters, drafts, surveys and maps made
by Isaac and Jacob Taylor, surveyors
for William Penn's sons; some letters
and other correspondence of John
Wright, Tobias Hendricks, Edmond
Cartledge, Robert Barber, and a few
others; a few early patents, title deeds
and other land contracts; a few road
petitions and proceedings; some anci-
ent wills and a few early assessment
lists. All these, taken together,would
make a very small volume, if reduced
to print.

There is nothing at all in our Court
House in manuscript form, dated be-
fore 1729. This is so because, prior to
that date, we were part of Chester
county. Indeed, there is very little, in
the shape of manuscript, prior to 1750
in our Court House. Practically all
there is to be found there are the
Quarter Sessions and road records,the
Common Pleas dockets, the appoint-
ment of constables, overseers of the
poor and highways, the granting of

Paper read before the Lancaster
County Historical Society by H, Frank
Eshleman, Esq.

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liquor licenses, and the minutes of
the County Commissioners, and the
records of wills, estates and deeds.

All of the assessment lists before
1750 are gone. I think the earliest
list preserved of Lancaster town and
borough is that of 1754. It is printed
^ among our society's proceedings. At
the time Mr. Samuel Evans wrote his
history of our county, the assessments
of several townships prior to 1750
were here, because he has copies of
some of them in his book. But it is
very probable that some of these lists
were taken out for the printer of that
work and have never been returned.

The Quarter Sessions and road and
Common Pleas records are here be-
cause they are in docket form. But
the old Common Pleas dockets are
very frail. The first Commissioners*
minute book is in fine condition.

Returning to the documents relating
to our county before 1729, we may
note that the record of laying out the
roads (which began in 1719) are well
preseved in book form in the Quarer
Sessions Court of Chester county as
to common roads. The future will
owe a great debt of gratitude to Gil-
bert Cope for the collecting and bind-
ing of those records. There were sev-
eral roads laid out, reaching into what
is now our county, from 1719 to 1726.
I have made drafts of some of them.
The records of the King's Highways
are preserved in the Colonial Records,
now in print. The original drafts and
petitions and surveyor's notes before
1729 are very rare.

The original petition for the erection
of Lancaster county has long since
been lost; but a certified copy of it,
made 175 years ago by John Wright,
was found some years ago at Harris-
burg, and it is printed in our pro-
ceedings and a copy also hangs in our
Commissioners' office. Two petitions
filed against the erection of the coun-

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ty, noticed in the votes of assembly,
are not in known existence. They were
numerously signed by Germans.

The drafts and surveys of land here,
containing much data, as to roads,
woods, etc.; and the warrants for and
returns of the same, are found by hun-
dreds in the library of the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania in Philadel-
phia, in the Taylor Papers. They in-
clude practically the whole county.
Those ante-dating 1729 themselves
make a good-sized list. In many
cases five or ten, or even twenty-five
separate tracts, are found in one con-
nected draft. One who had the leisure
and application could construct from
them a map of our county, in 1729,
showing where all the inhabitants
owning land lived at that time.

The correspondence as to the early
taking up of land, finding of min-
erals, conflicts of claims, the move-
ment and activities of the Indians,
etc., is also preserved in the original
letters, etc. These, as a whole, il-
lumine the early activities of our
people before 1729.

The minutes of land granting here,
as well as in the other parts of Penn-
sylvania, from 1686 are printed in Vol.
19, Sec. Series of Pa. Archives. They
give a great deal of side light light
upon many early local movements here
before 1729, such as the places of wor-
ship and the burial grounds, the mills
and woodlands, etc. The manuscripts
as to these matters are likely at Har-
risburg.

The early patent deeds and other
conveyances of land hore before 1729
are, of course, in possession of the
modern owners of the lands included
in them; except also a fairly large
percentage which may be found in the
Historical Society at Phladelphia, in
our own county records and else-
where. Copies of many of the Taylor
Papers are in our own library also.

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The assessment lists of our county
began in 1718. Those now in exist-
ence extend from 1718 to 1726, inclu-
sive, except that of 1723. These lists
were in the dark recesses of the base-
ment of the Chester County Court
House until 1879, when Gilbert Cope
rescued them and much other valu-
able early history, jurt r.s the County
Commissioners were about to sell
them to the waste paper man,to "raise
money for cigars," as Mr. Cope old
me. The lists, of course, include only
Conestoga (later East and West
Conestoga), Donegal and Pequea
townships, as these large, partly-or-
ganized sections practically included
the whole of the Lancaster county re-
gion then inhabited.

I have copied these assessment lists
complete, and have them here with
me this evening. They should be
printed in our records, because they
ought to be in the possession of our
county. This is important for legal,
historical, sociological and genealog-
ical reasons; and also as aids in es-
tablishing complete title records of
real estate. When we consider that
for one hundred years Philadelphia
was the only port of ei-try of the
United States, through which the Ger-
man-Swiss population swept into this
country; and that from the valleys of
the Susquehanna and the Schuylkill,
these sturdy people spread out in
ever-widening areas southwest, west
and northwest, and established the
German-Swiss populations of all the
middle-western and the far-western
part of this empire republic of ours,
we can see the importance of a true
and accurate list of the originals, of
that people and of the townships in
which they lived. This County of
Lancaster, being the motherland of
such a tremendous percentage of the
whole Middle and Western sections of
America, is sure to become more and

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more important as tlia spirit of Ms-
tory awakens and arises in the robust
and active, enterprising peoples of all
those regions. Those Western peo-
ple apply to us now for the early his-
tory of their race, and will do so more
and more. We, here in Lancaster
county, hold a much more dignified
and eminent place, historically, socio-
logically,genealogically and economic-
ally, than we now realize. Great uni-
versities and libraries and other or-
ganizations apply to us for their for-
mer history, too.

We ought to own the originals of
these lists, but that cannot be, for the
owner (Mr. Cope) will not part with
them, nor leave them to us at his
death.

The lists which I have copied do not
seem to contain all of the names of
the male adults living here at the
time. Then, too, for a year or two
several names disappear and again
appear in later years. It seems cer-
tain that a number of persons living
on the extreme outskirts were missed
in taking lists. The lists are confined
to the townships I have named. There
were people living here, not in the
townships, as organized, but rather
in the wilds, and they were missed.
Then, too, a number lived across the
Susquehanna, and, were not taken into
account because they were not ascer-
tainable; and because Maryland
claimed them, and for some years they
adhered to Maryland. There is evi-
dence of carelessness, too, in other
respects, in the lists. And it may be
that persons of very little property,
paying little tax, were not taken. In
fact, no one who lived on Pequea
and Conestoga creeks were called upon
for eight years after the original
date of -settlement to pay any
taxes— not from 1710 to 1718. My
study into the many oflacial laxities
and negligences during the first

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twelve years of settlement here makes
it appear not unlikely that some citizens
may have induced the assessor, for
little consideration, to omit them.

As to the people living here prior to
the erection of our county in 1729,
there are several sources of informa-
tion. The letter of the original set-
tlers here, dated 1710 in London, the
statements of Melchoir Zeller, Hans
Burki, and Benedict Brackbill, of 1710,
giving lists of those going to Pennsyl-
vania (Eshleman's German-Swiss An-
nals, pp. 148 to 160), the names which
appear in the 1711 migration to Hol-
land and thence here (do., pp. 172, 184,
188, 191), the land warrants found in
the Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 19,
second series, the list in Rupp's 30,-
000 names, dating before 1718, and the
naturalization list of those arriving in
Lancaster county before 1718, in Vol.
4, Statutes-at-Large, p. 147, the rec-
ords of the great immigration of 1717
(German-Swiss Annals, p. 203, etc.,),
and the assessment lists above refer-
red to of 1718 to 1726, inclusive, are
the chief of these source books. There
are seventy names on the naturaliza-
tion list of those who came over prior
to 1718 that do not appear on the as-
sessment list of 1718. This shows the
lists are not complete. Some of these
seventy names, however, do appear on
the assessment of 1719 and others on
later lists. But it seems strange that
they do not appear on the list of 1718,
or on the other lists here produced.

The following persons who were
here before 1718 (as is statd in the
naturalization act above referred to),
and whose names do not appear on
the assessment of 1718-19, are:

JACOB FUNK,
FRANCIS NEAFF,
FRANCIS NEAFF, JR.,
JOHN BURKHOLDER, JR.,
ABRAHAM BURKHOLDER,
JOHN HESS.
JOHN FREDERICK,
CHRISTIAN BRENEMAN,
MART. HARNISH,

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JACOB BUCKWALTER,

FELIX LANDES, JR.,

ADAM BRENEMAN,

MICHAEL MAYER,

PETER BURGBALTER.

JACOB NISSLEY,

JACOB SNAVELY,

JACOB GOOD,

JOHN WOOLSLAGLE,

CHRISTIAN SOWERS,

DANIEL ASHLEMAN,

CHRISTIAN PEELMAN,

JOHN HENRY NEAFF, JR.,

JACOB BIERE,

JOHN JACOB SNAVELY,

WOOLRICH ROAT,

JACOB BOCHME,

GEORGE WEAVER,

JOHN MIRE,

JACOB MILLER, JR.,

PETER AYBE (EABY),

CHRIST. STONER,

ADAM BRANDT,

FRED. STAY,

JOHN SWOPE,

JAMES LEROW,

JOHN AYBE,

JOHN CAUFFMAN,

MICHAEL DENEDER,

ANDREW SHULTZ,

JACOB HOWSER,

CHRISTIAN BRENEMAN,

EMANUEL CARPENTER,

GABRIEL CARPENTER,

DANIEL HERMAN,

CHRISTIAN HERMAN,

MATHIAS SLAREMAKER,

BIG JOHN SHANK,

JACOB CHURTS,

JACOB SNAVELY, JR.,

JOHN WOOLRICH HOOVER,

JOHN CROYDER,

JOHN LEBSCHTE,

JOHN HANPHER,

MARTIN GRAEFF,

PETER SMITH,

PETER NEWCOMER,

JACOB BARE, JR.,

JOHN HENRY BARE,

JACOB WEAVER,

HENRY WEAVER,

JOHN WEAVER,

DAVID LONGANECKER,

WOOLRICH HOWSER,

HENRY MUSSELMAN.

MARTIN MILLER,

HANS GOOD,

JACOB LIGHT,

CASPER LOUGHMAN,

JOHN LINE,

BASTION ROYER,

SIMEON KING,

EVERHARD REAM.

The names on the assessment lists,
above mentioned, together with other
data upon the lists, are as follows:

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CONESTOGA TOWNSHIP— 1718.

English Inhabitants.

VALUATION
POUNDS
FRANCIS WORLY 50

JOHN CARTLEDGE 40

JAMES HENDRICKS 20

JAMES LETORT (French trader) 50

JAMES PATTERSON

20

WILLIAM SHERREL

16

JOHN HENDRICKS

16

COLLUM MACQUAIR

15

THOMAS BALDWIN

15

THOMAS GALE

15

ALEXANDER REUSE

15

JOHN McDANIEL

7

RICHARD CARTER

15

JOHN LINVILL

15

ROBERT WILKINS

8

JOHN FARRER

20

JOHN GRIST

3

WILLIAM HUGHES

15

PETER BEZAILLON

(French trader)

40

JOHN COMB

30

JOSEPH ROW

5

ANDREW MASON

10

JOSEPH HICKMAN

30

DANIEL COOKSON

40

THOMAS CLARK

15

WILLIAM CLARK

8

STEPHEN ATKINSON

16

MORGAN JONES

10

EDMUND CARTLEDGE

(collector)

20

Freemen.

JOHN HARRISS
DAVID PRIEST
ROBERT MIDDLETON
RICHARD GRICE
NATHANIEL CHRISTOPHER
THOMAS PERRIN
SAMUEL BIRCHFIELD
WILLIAM LUDFORD
THOMAS WILKINS
JAMES DAVIS
EVAN EVANS
THOMAS JONES.

Dutch Inhabitants.

VALUATION

POUNDS

MARTIN KENDIG

50

MARTIN MILIN

20

CHRISTIAN HERR

40

JOHN HERR

40

WENDALL BOWMAN

40

JACOB MILLER

45

JOSEPH STEMAN

16

DANIEL HARMER

35

JOHN MILLER

25

JOHN FUNK

20

HENRY CARPENTER

36

HENRY HAINES

20

CHRISTOPHER FRANCISCUS

29

PETER SELLER

20

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BENEDICTUS VENERICK 15

DANIEL FERREE 35

JOHN FERREE 25

PHILIP FERREE 25

JOHN BRUEBAKER, Jr. 25

JACOB BRUBAKER 15

PETER SWARR 5

ABRAHAM HERR 35

MELCHOIR ERISMAN 10
CHRISTIAN HERSHEY & SON 20

JOHN TOMP 10

HENRY BEAR 10

MICHAEL BOWMAN 12

HANCB BURKHOLDER 10

HANCE NEWCOMER 6

MELCHOIR BRENNEMAN 18

GEORGE KENDRICK 8

JOHN NATTS, Jr. 5

MICHAEL SHANK, Jr. 8

JAHN NATTS, Sr. 5

HENRY FUNK 16

BENJAMIN WITMER 16

ISAAC LEFEVRE 30

RICHARD DAVIS 20

JOHN MILEN 25

THOMAS PALKNER 20

HANS HAURE 12

JOHN TAYLOR 16

MARTYN BAER 10

IMMANUEL HERR 20

HENRY KENDIG & SON 20

JACOB MOYER 20

HANS SHOPF 16

HANS KEAGE 6

JACOB GRIDER 20

JACOB HOSTETTER 15

JOHN WIDMER 10

ANDREW KAUFFMAN 12

ISAAC KAUFFMAN 15

JOHN BRUBAKER 30

FELIX LANDES 20

JACOB KENDRICK, Jr. 20

JACOB LANDES, Jr. 6

MARTYN BOYER 7

HANCE BOYER 7

JOHN BOWMAN 4

BENEDICTUS BRACKBILL 35

CHRISTIAN SHANK 22

MICHAEL SHANK, Sr. 15

JOHN SHANK H

RUDY MOYER 12

HANCE BRAND 18

HANS GROFF, Sr. 20

HANS GROFF, Jr. 10

PETER YORTE 15

THEADORUS EBY 20

HANS CURRICK MOYER 26

CHRISTIAN SCHANK 5

JACOB LANDES 10

HANCE HENRY NEFF 20

MICHAEL MILLER 16

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER 6

WOOLRICH HOWRY 5

ISAAC FREDERICK 20

CHRISTIAN STONE 10

HANS WEAVER 13

WOOLRICH HOWELL 13

PETER LAMAN 14

STOFFEL BRENNEMAN 7

JACOB HOOVER 5

JACOB KENDRICK . 40

ISAAC LEFEVER 30

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"Non-resident Lands upon the River

Pequea."

ACRES
JAMES LOGAN lOCO

REBECCA SHAW 300

ELIZABETH PACE 250

JOHN MARKLOW 250

THOMAS STORY 1768

ABRAHAM DUBOIS 1000

HARM AN RITZMAN 1100

AMOS STRETTLE 3380

RICHARD ROBINSON 1000

WILLIAM BRADFORD 125

COL. JOHN FRENCH 500

JEREMIAH LANGHORNE 350

JOHN BUNDLE 500

COL. JOHN EVANS 1000

The tax rate was three pence per
pound this year. This is the earliest
assessment list taken of any part of
Lancaster county. "Conestoga" being
the first organized territory in the
county including all the land settled
In the county from the Octoraro Creek
to the Susquehanna River.

The "Freemen," that is single men,
were all valued at 9 shillings each

CONESTOGA RATE 1719— ASSESS-
MENT JAN. 11, 1719-20.

ASSESSMENT
POUNDS

JOHN CARTLEDGE 94

EDMUND CARTLEDGE 42

FRANCIS WORLEY 57

JAMES LETORT 120

ROBERT BAKER & SON 46

RICHARD GRIEST 28

JOHN HENDRTX 22

RICHARD CARTER 24

JAMES HENDRICKS 30

WM. SHERRELL ?0

JOHN McDANIEL 11

ALBERT HENDRICKS 2H

JOHN McQUARE 10

ANN O'NEAL 19

BENEDICT VENRY 80

ROBT MIDDLETON 9

COLLUM McQUARE 17

WILLIAM MIDDLETON 12

RICHARD DAVIS 36

JOHN FIERRE 41

DANIEL FIERRE 100

PHILIP FIERRE 35

THOMAS GALE 3 5

MOSES COMBS 50

PETER BASILION 115

HENRY CARPENTER 40

DANIEL HAM AN 53

HENRY HANS 25

ROBERT WILKINSON 38

THOMAS WILKINSON 30

JOHN GARVER 33

PETER MILEN (ALLEN?) 30

STEPHEN WILKINSON 33

JAMES PATTERSON 4 4

MICHAEL SHANK:E 17

WENDELL BOWMAN 36

WILLIAM GRIST 16

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EVAN EVANS

18

JOHN HEERE

54

MARTIN KENDICH

100

CHRISTIAN HEERE

52

ABRAHAM HEERE

60

JOHN FUNCK

35

ISAAC LEFEVER

90

MELCHOIR BRENEMAN

35

STOFFEL. BRENEMAN

52

HANS HEAGUE

13

HANS WEAVER

30

JACOB HARRIS

10

MICHELLi SHANKE

22

HENRY PERR ( BEAR)

22

JACOB GRITER

30

JOHN STONE

10

CHRISTIAN PELIMEN

19

CHRISTIAN STONE

21

RUDIL MOYER

21

MICHAEL LOULY

24

DAVID PRIEST

19

THOMAS SIMONE

20

JAMES DAWSON

12

PETER HASHAN

10

RUDLIFFE MILLER

32

JACOB MILLER

67

HENRY MILLER

21

STOFFEL FRANCISCUS

40

CHRISTIAN HOUSER & SON

• 52

HANCE NEFF, Sr.

31

CHRISTIAN SHANK

34

BENEDICT BREIKBUHL

32

HANS BURCHHOLDER

13

GEORGE KENDRICK

10

HANCE NEICOMER

30

HENRY KENDRICK & SON

10

JOHN ROBINSON

30

JAMES HICKMAN

25

JAMES ROE

24

HANCE BROOKFATHER

14

PETER SWAR

25

JACOB BROOKFATHER

23

JACOB GRAVER

24

WILLIAM HUGHS

20

MARTIN MILLER

32

MICHAEL SHANK, Jr.

24

JACOB HUBER

22

MARTIN ROYER

18

JACOB LOUTHER

26

ANDREW LOLDOWICK

30,

HANS LYNE

40

RUDIL SHERRELL

30

JOHN WYDMER

26

DORIS EABY

29

HENRY BERR

24

JACOB BEAM

34

JACOB SYMONS

24

JOHN TAMELEY

34

ISAAC COFFMAN

19

MICHAEL MILLER

8

PETER GOOD

33

MICHAEL ARISMAN

39

JACOB MOYER

33

ISAAC FREDERICK

25

WILLIAM CLARKE

15

ANDREW COFFMAN

21

JOHN TAYLOR, Jr.

21

JOHN BROOKFATHER

53

HANS CARAHWAGROS

37

HANS MOYERS

36

WOOLREY HOURCE

(HERSHEY)

24

JOHN SHANKE

16

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JONAH DAVENPORT 21

HANCE GROVE, Jr. 18

MICHEL BOWMAN 24

HANS NISSLEY 9

JOHN NATS 9

JACOB HIGHSTETER 15

JOHN FRANCE 4

HANS HENRY NEFF 37
CHRIST SHOUNCB (JOHNS) 8

PETER LEAMAN 34

JOHN BLAKE 14

JOHN LINVILL 26

DAVID JONES 15

JOHN GRIEST 8

MART MEILY 29

JACOB KUNDIG 58

MARTIN BR YARD 13

HANCE MILEY 40

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER 12

JOS. STONE 19

JACOB HOOVER 18

JOHN BYARS 10

JACOB SWODER 32

PETER BELAR 30
ALEXXANDER BUSH (BUISE) 25

HANS BRAND 25

HENRY MUSELMAN 18

THOMAS FALKENER 48

HANS GROFFS 57

CALEB WORLEY 18

JOHN FARRAR 16

THOMAS BALDWIN 46

THOMAS CLARKE 40

JOHN WILLIAMS 22

JACOB GROFF 11

MAYAR JONES 30

ANN LETORT? 7

ANTHONY BRIGHTER 53

CHARLES JONES 18

Freeman.

CALEB BAKER
SAMUEL BAKER
JACOB MILLER
JOHN HARRIS
WILLIAM WALKER
NATHANIEL CHRISTOPHER
ROBERT EVANS
CHARLES JONES

Non-Residents.

ASSESSMENTS

JOHN BUDD 40

JAMES LOGAN 80

ELIZABETH PACE 27

THOMAS STORY 40

BLAINA RITZMAN 88

RICHARD ROBINSON 80

JEREMIAH LANGHORNE 28

COL. JOHN EVANS 80

EDWARD CALDWELL 16

REBECCA SHAW 24

JOHN MARKLEW 20

ABRAHAM DUBOIS 80

AMOS STRETTLE 270

WILLIAM BRADFORD 10

JAMES BUNDLEY 40
ELIZABETH WHARTENBY 80

DERRECK JOHNSON 80

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The tax rate for 1719 on these val-
ues was four pence per pound. All
freemen were taxed twelve shillings
each.

CONESTOGA ASSESSMENT 1720-21.

VALUATION

(POUNDS)

JOHN CARTLEDGE

80

FRANCIS WORLET

32

JAMES LETORT

80

EDWARD CARTLEDGE

50

JAMES PATTERSON

50

WILLIAM WALKER

10

THOMAS WILKINS

15

ROBERT WILKINS

20

GEORGE STUART

15

ROBERT BAKER & SON

50

EVAN EVANS

10

JAMES MITCHEL

15

JAMES COOK

10

WILLIAM HUGHS

40

STEPHEN ATKINSON

80

DAVID PRIEST

12

JOHN GARTNER

15

JOHN LINVILL

18

BENEDICTUS HEIRSIE

40

MICHAEL TENLINGER

25

BENEDICTUS VENRICH

25

FELIX LANDES

50

RUDITH MILLER & SON

32

JACOB MAYER

50

JACOB BOWMAN

15

RUDITH MAYER

16

JAMES LIGHT

10

JOHN LIGHT

16

JACOB HIGHSTETTER

16

HENRY BERR (BEAR)

16

HENRY BERR, Jr.

18

CHRIST HERR

50

EMANUEL HERR

35

PETER LEAMAN

25

CHRIST SHANK

25

WIDOW BRACKBILL

25

JOHN HERR

50

JACOB KENDICK

50

HANS GROPF MILLER

20

HANS GROFF (OR LEBRIE)

40

MART MAYLIN

40

MARTIN GRAFT

10

HANS HOURY

25

JACOB MILLER

40

JACOB MILLER, Jr.

15

WEND ALL BOWMAN

30

JOHN BOWMAN

15

HANS BRAND & SON

32

HENRY FUNK

25

HANS WEAVER

20

JOHN NUTT

12

HANS BROCKBAKER

40

HANS JACOB BROCKBAKER

20

PETER SWAR

10

MICHAEL BOWMAN

20

HANS MAYERS

30

MELCHER BRENEMAN

25

JOHN McHURRY (McCURRY)

10

THOMAS SWORDS

10

THOMAS BALDWIN

25

MARTIN KENDIG

80

PETER ALLEN

15

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JOHN ROBESON

10

JOHN BLAKE

10

JOSEPH DAVIDSON

10

PETER YORTY

10

RICHARD GRIST

20

WILLIAM LUDFORD

10

CORNELIUS CALLES

10

PONAH DAVENPORT

15

CHARLES JORVIS

10

PETER BEZELLON

17

RICHARD CARTER

20

JOHN HARRIS

Ji^

THOMAS GAGE

-^t^

THOMAS GALE

12

EDWARD BUSE

12

WILLIAM MIDDLETON & SON

20

ISAAC FREDERICKSON

50

BENJAMIN WITTMER ■

22

HANS BRUKHALTER

20

HANS NEICOMER

16

GEORGE KENDRICK

15

CHRIST STONE

15

MARTIN BOYER

It

HANS BOYER

MICHAEL SHANK

15

JACOB LOUTHER

50

JACOB LUNDUS

22

HANS KEAGUE

16

HANS LYND & MARTIN BEAR

30

HANS HESS

15

JAMES NEIMEN

20

HENRY KUNDIG & SON

30

HENRY CARPENTER

50

DANIEL HARMON

50

JACOB KENDRICK

40

CHRIST SHANK

10

JOHN NATTS, Jr.

15

JOHN NATTS, Sr.

15

MELCHER ARISMAN

20

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER

15

HANS FUNK

32

JACOB FUNK

15

GEORGE MIDDLETON

14

ALBERT KENDRICKS

15

DAVID JONES

15

WILLIAM WILLIS

40

COLLUM McCURRY

12

WILLIAM SHERREL

16

ADAM SHERREL

10

JOHN FARRER

12

JAMES HENDRICKS

22

JOHN HENDRICKS

12

CALEB WORLEY

10

OWEN ONEAL

10

JOHN McDANIEL

12

JOHN SHANK (CARPENTER)

24

DORUS EBBY

24

HENRY LOYN & SON

60

GEORGE VESTOLL

16

HANS MAYLIN

26

HANS MAYER, Sr.

60

WOOLRICH HOUSER

30

ABRAHAM HERR

60

JOHN WITMER

16

ANDREW COFFMAN

16

CHARLES PEALMAN

16

PETER YORTEY

26

HENRY HAYNES

84

JACOB GRITER

84

JACOB GOOD

18

JACOB HARNISS

10

JOHN STONE

15

STOFFEL FRANCISCUS

34

(169)

ANDREW SELDENRICK 20

MICHAEL. MILLER 16

DUTCH BAKER 16

HANS CURICK MOYER 30

PETER BEALEOR 20

HANS LYNDS, Jr. 18

ISAAC COFFMAN 25

DAVID EASLEMAN 16

HANS TOOP (ROOP?) 16

JOHN BROOKBAKER 60

JACOB GROFFTS 16

JACOB KERNER 20
HANS FRANCE (FRANTZ) 10

PETER GOOD 15

HANS GRAFFTS 15

ISAAC HERR 20

JACOB HOUBER 10

HENRY STONE 16

HENRY MUSSELMAN 15

Freemen.

ROBERT EVANS
NESHOMAH OGDEN
ADAM PRENEMAN (minor)

Non-Besidents.

JOHN BUDD

500

JAMES LOGAN

1000

ELIZABETH BARE

250

THOMAS STORY

1768

HANNA RITZMAN

1100

RICHARD ROBINSON

1000

JEREMIAH LANGHOMB

350

EDWARD PLEADWELL.

200

REBECCA SHAW

300

JOHN MARLOW

250

ABRAHAM DUBOIS

1000

AMOS STRETTLE

3380

WILLIAM BRADFORP

125

COL. JOHN EVANS

1000

ELIZABETH WHARTENBY 1000

PEQTJEA LIST 1720-21.

VALUATION

(POUNDS)

JOHN BARGER

20

JOSEPH ROE

10

ISAAC LEFEVER

80

ELIZABETH VINYARD

15

DANIEL FIERREE

50

THOMAS FALKNER

40

ANTHONY BRIGHTER

20

JAMES GALDT

15

ROBERT GALDT

12

MORGAN DAVIS

15

BENJAMIN KEATH

10

SAMUEL COLLINS

10

JAMES HICKMAN

40

JOHN WILLIAMS

15

WILLIAM RICHARDSON

10

PHILIP FERREE

32

IlICHARD DAVIS

32

CHRISTIAN BLOSSOM

10

JOHN FIERREE

40

JOHN POWELL

10

JOHN FREDERICKFELS

20

THOMAS CLARK

20

JOSEPH RIDGE WAY

10

(170)

MAYRA JERVIS 15

DANIEL COOKSON FOR JOHN

JOSLING 135

WILLIAM CLARK 15

The tax rate this year was three
pence per pound valuation; and the
same can be easily calculated on the
above values.

This year 1720-21 Pequea township
was formed out of the eastern part of
Conestoga. It thus became the second
township in what is now Lancaster
county.

1721.

"Collectors in the several districts
in the county — what they are charged
with this present year 1721."

ENGLISH CONESTOGA

ASSESS-

MENTS.

VALUATION

(POUNDS)

JOHN CARTLEDGE

60

FRANCIS WORLEY

20

JAMES HENDRICKS

20

ALBERT HENDRICKS

13

CALEB WORLEY

14

JOHN HENDRICKS

14

DAVID PRIEST

12

ROBERT BAKER & SON

31

GEORGE WESTALE

12

GEORGE MIDDLETON

6

WILLIAM MIDDLETON

5

JOHN McDANIEL

5

SAMUEL COATES

5

THOMAS GALE

17

JAMES DAWSON

5

PETER GIBBON

6

CHARLES JOHNS

7

JOHN WILKINS

6

JOHN FARRER

12

WILLIAM SHERRELLi

15

SAMUEL SHERRELL

12

EVAN ONEAL

10

EDWARD ELY (OR F.RY)

13

JAMES MICHALE

19

JAMES KILBRAH

5

JAMES LETORT

100

EVAN EVANS

8

CORNELIUS COLLINS

11

JAMES SMITH

8

WILLIAM WALKER

8

PATRICK CAMPBELL

10

ROBERT WILKINS

12

THOMAS WILKINS

11

GEORGE STEWART

21

JOHN GARDNER

24

JAMES COOK

8

PETER ALLEN

16

JOHN MITCHELL

8

RICHARD ALLISON

8

DAVID JONES

8

(171)

STEPHEN ALKINSON 20

JONAH DAVENPORT 40

JAMES PATTERSON 50

JOHN HERSEY (?) 22

BRACY WORLEY 6

ABRAHAM BLAKE 10

JOHN COL.LEN 5

WILLIAM COLLEM 5

COLL. McQUARY 9

THOMAS PAGE 6

THOMAS BALDWIN 18

MICHAEL CONS 12

RUDY MILLER 10
THOMAS PIERIEL 6

JOHN LINVILL 10

PETER BEZELION 150

PALATINES AT CONESTOGA.

VALUATION
(POUNDS)

JACOB MILLER 12

CHRISTIAN HERR 32

JOHN BURKHOLDBR 18

JACOB MIER 12

JOHN NECOMBER 12

STOPHEL PRONEMAN 20

WENDELL BOWMAN 20

JACOB COSNER 10

HENRY KENDICK 14
JACOB KENDICK 4

MIKE SHANK 9

JACOB LUNDUS 6

BENEDICT WERTH (?) 8

JOHN GROFFTS 9

JOHN MISHELL 6

JOHN COND 10

RICHARD GRIST 16

JOHN MIER 12

JOHN SHANK 14

ANNA MIER 16

ALEXANDER REUSE 16

JOHN HAIR 82

JOSEPH STONEMAN 14
JACOB BOEM 8

MARTIN KENDRICK 60

SAMUEL PAIR (BAIR) 16
MICHAEL RONNEL 8

JOHN PAIR (BAIR) 10

JACOB HOUBER 10

MARTIN PAIR (BAIR) 10
JOHN LINE 8

CLOUDE STEMEN 8

CHRISTIAN STONER 10

JOHN JACOB HOUBER 10
JOHN BOWMAN 8

MARTIN MYLIN 30

GEORGE CRITER 12

JOHN BRAND 13

WILLIAM WILLIS 20

JOHN GROFFTS 12

JACOB GROFFTS 13
BENEDICT WIGMER (WITMER) 20

JOHN JAC. LUNDAS 10
JACOB WEAVER 8

MARTIN BAER 25

JOHN SNIDER 25

SIMON PICKLE 14

HENRY HANCE 16

FELIX LUNDUS 30

JACOB COWER 14

JOHN WEAVER 18

MERICK HOUSER 16

(172)

CHRISTIAN FRANCISCUS 30

JOHN FUNK 24

HENRY CARPENTER 60

HENRY HUES 32

EMANUEL HERR 32

PETER PELLER 22

JOHN MIRE 18

MICHEL MILLER 14

HENRY MUSSELMAN 10

WOOLRICH HOOVER 6

BENEDICT HEIRSE 30

ABRAHAM COFFMAN 11

CHRISTIAN STONEMAN 14

ANDREW HEIRSE 6

JOHN TOBY 10

MICHAEL BACKMAN 17

EDMUND CARTLEDGE 20

JOHN WALT 6

JOHN HESS • 10

JACOB GOODMAN 8

JOHN MILEN 24

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER 10
JACOB SOUTER (SOUDER) 28

RUDE HOHELE 12

JUTE LIGHT 8

JOHN BROOKBAKER 10
DANIEL SHELMAN

(ESHLEMAN?) 12
JOHN BROBAKER 40
RUDY MIER 17
HENRY PEAR 12
JOHN HENRY NEFP 24
WILLIAM HUGHS 12
RICHARD CARTER 12
JOHN LINESPARGER 55
JOHN JACOB BEAR 30
ABRAHAM REEM 18
JOHN GOOD 20
JOHN RUDINGELT 18
JOHN HENRY PAER 11
CHRISTIAN SHANK ' 24
ISAAC HARE 10
JOHN COFFMAN 12
CHRISTIAN PAHMAN 17
JOHN SNIDER 12
ISAAC COFFMAN 19
JACOB MISSAL 9
JOHN HOWRY 20
MICHAEL TANLINGBR 14
HENRY MILLER 12
JOHN HOOBER 8
JOHN MIRE 8
JACOB HOUEHOLD 16
JOHN SHANK 10
HENRY PASTORIS & SON-IN-
LAW 12
TOBIAS JANEY (?) 15
JACOC FUNK 13
JOHN JONES 10
JOHN SNABELE 23
HENRY FUNK 16
MICHAEL SHANK 12
ANTHONY BRIGHTER 18
JACOB KENDIG 40
PHILIP FERREE 24
ISAAC LEFEVER 50
RICHARD DAVIS 20
THOMAS FAULKNER

(ON PEQUEA) 36

DANIEL FERREE 50

CHRISTIAN PLUNER 8

JOHN FARREE 29

JOHN LUNDUS 8

( 173 )

JOHN GROVE 36

JOHN MILLER 10

HENRY BRACKBUHL 21

ABRAHAM HARE 35

JACOB BRUBAKER 35

PETER SWARE 14

MELCHOR ARISMAN 13

JOHN WEBER 12

MICHAEL MIRE 15

DANIEL HARMAR 20

RUDOLFFE STONER 8

MARTIN GROUD 11

JOHN MUSSELMAN 9

FRED FARRELLS 17

Freemen.

PHILIP LEWIS
JOHN FREDERICK
SICKMAN LANDAS
PETER LAMAN
ISAAC CRITER
JACOB KENDRICK

Non-Eesidents.

VALUATION
(POUNDS)

ISRAEL TAYLOR 30

DERRY JOHNSON 15

JOHN BUDD 15

(500 acres)

EDWARD PLEADWELL 6

(200 acres)

COL. JOHN EVANS 30

ABRAHAM DUBOIS 30

ROBERT WAY 20

JEREMIAH LANGHORNE 16

JOHN BUNDELOW 30

ELIZABETH WARTENBY 30

PEQUEA LIST-

1721.

VALUATION

(POUNDS)

MORGAN JONES

15

JOHN POWELL

6

ROBERT GAULT

14

HUGH TOMSON

10

JOHN BARGER

12

HENRY COWIN

14

JOSEPH HICKMAN

30

THOMAS CLARK

22

JAMES ROE

12

BENJAMIN HEATH

8

JAMES GAULT

14

JOHN WILLIAMS

19

JAMES RIGDEWAY

12

SAMUEL COLLINS

12

WILLIAM CLARK

16

JOHN WHITESIDE

15

WILLIAM RICHARDSON

8

^on-Eesidents.

VALUATION

(POUNDS)

JAMES LOGAN

30

JAMES CLEMSON

15

REBECCA SHAW

7

ABRAHAM DUBOIS

30 .

(174)

AMOS STRETTLE 101

THOMAS STORY 57

JAMES MOORE 15

JOHN WARLOW 7

HERMAN PRITZMAN 33

RICHARD ROBINSON ?

WILLIAM BRADFORD ?

The tax levied this year was three
pence per pound of valuation.

EAST CONESTOGA

ASSESSMENT

1722-28.

VALUATION

(POUNDS)

JACOB MILLER

16

JACOB MILLER. Jr.

* 8

JOHN BOWMAN

40

JOHN BORKHOLDER

24

GEORGE CRIDER

14

JACOB MIRE

40

JOHN MEOMANDER

14

STEPHEN PRONEMAN

12

WENDALL BOWMAN

24

JACOB COSNER

12

GEORGE LEAMAN

12

HENRY HOWRY

20

JACOB LUNDUS

12

MICHAEL SHANK

12

JACOB LUNDUS

12

BENEDICT WENRICK

10

JOHN GRAFT

12

JOHN MISNEL

8

PETER LAND

14

RICHARD GRIST

16

JOHN MEIR

20

JOHN SHANK

16

ANNA MIRE

16

ALEX BOUSE

18

JOHN HAIR

40

JOS. STONEMAN

18

JACOB BEAM

72

MARTIN KUNDIG

12

SAMUEL PRICE

12

JACOB HOBBIN

12

MICHAEL RANNEL

9

JOHN PEIR (BAIR)

12

MART PEIR (BAIR)

12

JOHN LINE

10

CLOUD STAMAN

16

CHRISTIAN STONER

12

JOHN JACOB HOOVER

12

EDMUND CARTLEDGE

20

JOHN WALL

36

JOHN HESS

14

JACOB GROOVE

18

JOHN MILEY

32

HENRY TURKE

20

MICHAEL SHANK

14

JOHN BROOKHOLDER

58

DANIEL SHELMAN

(ASHELMAN)

20

RUDOLPH MIRE

20

JOHN BROOKHOLDER

58

HENRY PARE (BARE)

16

JOHN HOWRY

30

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER i4

JACOB SOWTER (SOUDER) 32

RUDY WOHEL

12

JUTE LIGHT

10

(175)

JOHN BRAND \l

WILLIAM WILLIS "

JOHN GRAFT ±1

^i^^Pjilggf^WoRB 24

JOHN JACOB LUNDUS 12

MARTIN BEAR J5

JACOB WEAVER 1°

JOHN SNIDER ^J

iKY^Ri^CE (FBAKTZ)

FELIX LANDIS f"

JACOB CONAR H

JOHN WEAVER _ f*

HARVEY HANS J"

EMANUEL HERR |J
PETER PELLER (BELLAR) ^J

JOHN MIRE _^ ^*

MICHAEL MILLER 20

HENRY MUSSELMAN 12

WOOLRICH HOWSER »
BENEDICT HOERSE

(HERSHEY) 40

ANDREW COFFMAN lb

i§g||^|0^il^"'(1fERSHEY)f8

SiSI^^M'fHMRSHBY, f4

S^ETRrB^cTsfERINS

JOSIAH JAY I'

JACOB SHANK \l

JOHN JARVIS 1"

JOHN SNEBELE *"

JOHN MIRE ^1

FRED TROATH %l

ANTHON- BRIGHTER 24

PHILIP FERREE ^»

ISAAC FERREE 90

PHILIP"' FERREE 28
ISAAC FERREE

THcSiaI^OLKNER (at Pequea) 30

WILLIAM HUGHS 1°

RICHARD CARTER 16

JOHN LINESPARGER 72

JOHN JACOB BEAR 32

EVERET REAM . ^*

JOHN GOODE f°

JOHN LUNDUS 10

JOHN RUDINGEL ^»

JOHN GROVE ^ _ 40

JOHN HENRY BEAR 14

JACOB MILLER ^4

CHRISTIAN SHANK 30

ISAAC HARE 20

JOHN COFFMAN _^,^^^ ]l

CHRISTIAN PETERMAN 16

JOHN SNIDER ]\

JOHN WHITMER 14

JACOB MISSEL H

igggAirxllLINGER 2

HENRY MILLER -^6

MARTIN GROVE »

JOHN MUSSELMAN 12

JOHN FERREE 2b

DANIEL FERREE 6

CHRISTIAN PLUMER 8

JACOB KENDICK 60

(176)

PETER LEAMAN 30

JACOB CRITER 24

SICKMAN LAUDER 20

JACOB KENDIG 32

JACOB DOURIE 12

MICHAEL. TONA 40

JOHN GEO. GOODMAN 10

FREDERICK BRACKBILL 28

ABRAHAM HERR 40

JACOB BROBAKER 22

PETER SWAR 20

MELCHOR ARISMAN 24

ISAAC COFFMAN 22

MICHAEL MIRE 18

DANIEL HARMAN 30

RUDOLPH STONER 10

SICKMAN LANDEST 21

JOHN HOOBBER 10

RUDY HERR 23

!Non-Besideiits.

VALUATION
(POUNDS)

TORMAN RICHMAN 55

THOMAS STORY 90

JAMES CLEMSON 19

REBECCA SHAW 15

EDWARD PLODWICK 10

COL. JOHN EVANS 50

JOHN MARLOW 12

JEREMIAH LANGHORNE 17

ABRAHAM DUBOIS 50

JAMES LOGAN 50

JOHN MOORE 19

DERRICK JANSON 25

JEREMIAH LANGHORNE 25
ELIZABETH PARE (BARR?) 12

AMOS STRETTLE 155

ELIZABETH WHARTANLY 50

The rate of tax levied this year was
three pence per pound of valuation.

WEST CONESTOGA ALSO KNOWN
AS DONEGAL TOWNSHIP— 1722.

PETER ALLEN 10

RICHARD ALLISON 10

JOHN ALLISON 6

STEPHEN ATKINSON 24

JOHN BURT 12

ROBERT BUCHANAN 30

THOMAS BALDWIN 40

THOS. BAILLIE 24

ALEXANDER REUSE 16

WILLIAM BRYANS 18
ROBERT BAKERSON

(PATTERSON?) 40

STEFFALT BRENNEMAN 12

MELCHOIR BRENNEMAN 30

ABRAHAM BLAIZER 14

JOHN BENOUR 12
PETER BAZAILLON

(FRENCH) 200

PATRICK CAMPBELL 16

ANDREW CORNISH 30

JAMES COUCH «

JAMES CUNNINGHAM 21

ELIZABETH CARTLIDGB 36

BPHRAIM MOORE 60

(177)

JOHN MITCHEI^L. 8

ALEXANDER McKEEN 22

JOHN MacDANIEL. 10

WILLIAM MAYBEE 14

JOHN MACHURRY 28

ROBERT McFARLAN 20

COLLOM MacHURRY 14

JOHN McKURRY 16

RALPH MILLER & SON 24

DAVID McCLURE 16

ROBERT MONDAY 24

JAMES MITCHELL 26

ROBERT MIDDLETON 8

WILLIAM MIDDLETON 6

GEORGE MIDDLETON 6

OWEN O'NIEL 16

JAMES PATTERSON 60

THOMAS PERRIN 14

DAVID PRICE 13

JAMES RODDY 18

JOSEPH CLAPAM 18

ROWLAND CHAMBERS 22

JONAS DAVENPORT 10

JAMES DAVIS 6

JAMES DAWSON 6

EVAN EVANS 8

SAMUEL FULTON 18

JOHN GADURE - 10

JAMES GALBREATH 6

JOHN GALBREATH 20

ANDREW GALBREATH 8

GEORGE GRAY 40

WILLIAM GRANT 6

THOMAS GALE 26

JOHN GARDNER 26

JOHN HARRIS 14

GORDON HOWARD 13

THOMAS HOWARD 14

HENRY HENDRICKSON 6

WILLIAM HAY 20

JAMES HENDRICKS 24

ALBERT HENDRICKS 6

JOHN HENDRICKS 36

JOHN HARRAR 26

ALEXANDER HUTCHISON 20
DAVID JONES (Constable who
lived at the mouth of the

Pequea Creek) 8
JAMES LETORT (FRENCH) 146

HANS LEAGUE 21

JOHN LINVILLB 27

JAMES KYLE 8

JOHN KARR 6

MALCOM KARR 12

SAMUEL SMITH 10

JAMES SMITH 10

GEORGE STEWART 24

WILLIAM SHERRILL 16

ADAM SHERRILL 16

JOHN STONEMAN 40
CHRISTIAN STONEMAN

EDWARD TILTE 16

JOHN TAYLOR 14

ROBERT WILKINS 14

THOMAS WILKINS 30

WILLIAM WILKINS 25

JOSEPH WORK 10

WILLIAM WALKER 7

FRANCIS WORLEY 24

CALEB WORLEY 6

JOHN WILLIAMS 4

HUGH WHITE 14

(178)

PEQTJEA TOWNSHIP LIST OF TAX-
ABLES— 1722.

WILLIAM RICHARDSON 8

JOSEPH RICHARDSON 40

JOHN BARGER 15

JOHN WHITESIDE 20

BENJAMIN HEATH 10

THOMAS CLARK 20

MORGAN JONES 18

JOHN WILLIAMS 20

HUGH THOMPSON 10
WILLIAM CLARK (Collector) 18

JOSEPH ROWE 15

DANIEL COOKSON 30

Tax rate three pence per pound.

Note: The assessment book for the
year 1723-24 is missing; and there is
no knowledge of its existence any-
where. No records of any of the three
townships, above named exist any-
where.

CONESTOGA TOWNSHIP— 1724-25.

STEPHEN ATKINSON
DANIEL ASHLEMAN
THOMAS BALDWIN
PETER BELLER
CHRIST BILLMAN
WOOLRICK BRACKBILL
JOHN BRUEBAKER
ADAM BRAND
HENRY BAIR
MARTIN BOYER
SAMUEL BOYER
JOHN BOMGARDNER
STEPHEN BRENNERMAN
ROBERT BAKER & SON
HANS HENRY BAIR
GEORGE BLISSON
GEORGE BAIR
MARTIN BAIR
CONARD BIESSEL
CHRIST BOMBERGER
HUGH BRYAN
MEICHAEL BRENNERMAN
ABRAHAM BURKHOLDER
HANCE BURKHOLDER
JOHN BOYER
MICHAEL BAUGHMAN
JOHN BAUGHMAN
JACOB BRUBAKER
JACOB BANKBOWSER
JOHN BOWMAN
JACOB BEAR
ABRAHAM BLAISER
EDWARD CARTLIDGE
HENRY CARPENTER
JOHN CHILD

CHRISTOPHER CHARLES
JAMES DAVIS
JOHN DAVIS
JOHN DAVIS. Jr.
THOMAS DAVIS
RICHARD DAVIS
GABRIEL DA VIES

(179)

PHILIP DAVIS
JOHN DAVIES _^
EDWARD DAVIES
PETER EBY
JOHN FLY (EBY?)
ROBERT EVANS
CADWALADER ELLIS
DANIEL ERISMAN
THOMAS EDWARDS
DAVID EVANS
NATHAN EVANS
THEODORUS EBY
GEORGE EBY
JACOB FREICK, Jr.
JACOB FUNK
JOHN FUNK
JOHN FARROW
HENRY FUNK
RUDALL FURRELL
JOHN FURRILL _^^ ^

JOHN FRETHRUCKFULL
DANIEL PERREB
ANDREW FERREB
JOHN FERREE
RUDY FERREE
PHILIP FERREE
JOHN FREY
JOHN FERREE
GEORGE GRAY
JACOB GRAFF
JACOB GROVE
HANCE GROFP
MARTIN GRAFF
JOHN GOOD
HANCE GROFF
PETER GOOD
GEORGE GROFF
JACOB GREIDER
JOHN GREIDER
MICHAEL GREIDER
WILLIAM GINGERICK
CHRISTIAN GRAYBEL, Jr.
JOHN GRAYBEL
JOHN JACOB GROFF
ABRAHAM HAIR ^
ABRAHAM HAIR, Jr.
BENJAMIN HARSHEY
JACOB HOSTBTTER
JACOB BEAVER
WENDEL BOWMAN
RICHARD BARKER
RICHARD CARTER
JAMES COBRON, Jr.
CHRISTIAN CLEM SON
ANDREW COX __

EMANUEL CARPENTER
DAVID JONES
CHARLES JONES
JOHN JONES
DAVID JENKINS
MICHAEL (IRISHMAN)
JACOB KAENER
GEORGE KASSNER
JACOB KENDRICK
JOHN KEAGY
HENRY KENDRICK
ANDREW KAUFFMAN
ISAAC KAUFFMAN
JOHN KAUFFMAN
JOHN KENDRICK
JOHN KINSLEY
ANTHONY KINSLEY
MATTHAIS KITSON

(180)

JACOB KENDRICK, Jr.
MARTIN KENDRICK «& SON
WILLIAM KENDRICK
JACOB KENDRICK
GEORGE KENDRICK
SIMON KING
THOMAS LEVIS
HUGH LOW
JOSEPH LLOYD
HANS LONG
THOMAS LINVILL
CHRISTIAN MARTIN
THOMAS MORGAN
MICHAEL MILLER
RUDY MYER
JOHN MOYER
MICHAEL MOYER
CHRISTIAN MUSSELMAN
HENRY MUSSELMAN
SAMUEL MEILIN
HANCE MILEN
HANS HENRY NEAPF
HENRY NEAFP
JACOB NSSLEY
CHARLES POLKE
JOHN PATTERSON
JACOB REIFP
JOHN RUTTER
MICHAEL SHANK
JOHN SHANK
HANS JACOB SNEVELY
JOHN SNEVELY, Jr.
JACOB SNEVELY. Jr.
JOHN SCHNEIDER
PHILIP SHUFFELBACH
JOHN SHANK
THOMAS SNEVELY
BENJAMIN SNEIDER
JOHN SHUER
PHILIP SHUER
SAMUEL STOUT
CHRISTIAN HERSHEY
TOBIAS HENDRICKS
JAMES HENDRICKS
JOHN HOOVER
HENRY HAINES
ANDREW HERSHEY
EMANUEL HAIR
JOHN JACOB HUBER
JOHN HENDRICKS
HANCE HENRY
JOHN HAINES
CHRISTIAN HAIR
JACOB HOOVER
MARTIN HARNISH
WOOLRICH HOWSER
ALBERT HENDRICKS
JOHN HESS
GEORGE HUDSON

IMMEL

JOHN LTNVILL
JOHN LANDES
ADAM LIGHTNER
MICHAEL LOYNE
JACOB LOVNE
JOHN LOYNE
SIGMON LANDELLAS
JACOB MOYER
JACOB MOYER
ABRAHAM MOYER
HANCE MOYER
COLLUM McCURRY
MARTIN MEILIN

(181)

JACOB MILLER, Jr.
GEORGE MIDDLETON
WILLIAM MIDDLETON
RUDALL MILLER & SON
HENRY MILLER
ANDREW MIXSELL
JOHN MUSSELMAN
ROBERT MURRAY
JACOB MATT
JOHN NISSLEY
HANCE NEWCOMER
PETER NEWCOMER
OWEN O'NEIL
PETER SWARR
CHRISTIAN STONEMAN
JACOB STELL
WILLIAM SHERRILL
JOHN SWOAPE
HENRY SELDOMRICH
JOSEPH STERNAN
MICHAEL SHANK
CHRISTIAN STONEMAN
CHRISTIAN SHANK
JOHN STAMPLER
SIGMON LANDOR
JACOB LANDRES & SON
JOHN LYON
FELIX LANDERS
ISAAC LEFEVERE
PETER LEMON
JOSHUA LOWE
CASPER LAUGHMAN
JOHN POSTLETHWAIT
THOMAS PERIN
DAVID PRIEST
ANOTHONY PREUTER
MICHAEL TURNER
JACOB TURNER
JOHN TAYLOR
I3AMUEL TAYLOR
BENEDICK VENERICK
ELIZABETH VINEYARD
:rOHN WIDMAN
MICHAEL WELPER
IPRANCIS WORLEY
WILLIAM WILKINS
:ALEB WORLEY
MICHAEL WELLWIFER
JOHN WITMER
WILLIAM WILLIS
BALSER WENNERICK
CASPER WALTER
JACOB WEAVER
HENRY WEAVER
BENJAMIN WITTMER
BENJAMIN WITTMER, Jr.
HANCE WEAVER
BRUCE WORLEY
SIMON PICKEL

PEQUEA TOWIVSHIP 1724-25.

DANIEL COOKSON
JOSEPH HICKMAN
JAMES VERNER
JOHN CLEMSON
MORGAN BRIAN
JOHN THOMPSON
ISAAC LOW
WILLIAM WILSON
JAS. HERMAN

(182)

JOHN PARGER
THOS. CLARK
BENJAMIN HEATH
HOWRY CL.ENISON
JAMES ROE
JOSEPH HERVIS
SAMUEL. VERNER
JAMES GALT
JAMES WHITEHILL
HENRY COWEN
SAMUEL ROBINSON
JOHN BARNIT
WILLIAM CLARK
SAMUEL BROWN
WM. SMITH
MORGAN JONES
MORGAN BRIAN
JAMES ROBINSON
DAVID COWIN
JOHN HASTINGS
FRED FOULK
DAVID COWYN
JOHN MILLER
JAMES MITCHELL
SAMUEL LEWIS
JOSEPH BRINTON
JAMES COLE
JAMES GANSTON
WILLIAM COWYN
THOMAS FAULKNER
THOMAS EDWARDS
CALEB COPELAND
JOHN WHITESIDE

NON-RESIDENT LAND-HOLDERS IN
THIS TOWNSHIP.

JAMES LOGAN
THOMAS STORY
JOHN MOORE
JAMES CLEMSON
REBECCA SHAW
THOMAS HOCKLEY

DONEGAL ASSESSMENT 1724-25.

JAMES LETORT
JOSEPH WORK
GEORGE STEWART
JOHN GALBREATH
JONAH DAVENPORT
DAVID McOWEN
ALEXANDER HUTCHMAN
DONALD CHAMBERS
JOHN ALLISON
JOHN HARRIS
PATRICK CAMPBELL
THOMAS WILKIN
SAMUEL FULTON
WILLIAM WILKINS
JOHN BURT
JOHN GARDNER
PETER ALLEN
JAMES GALBREATH
JOHN MITCHEL
ROBT. MOUDY
ALEXANDER McKEAN
JOSEPH WOORK
RICHARD ALISON

(183)

ROBERT BOWKANAN
JAMES CONINGHAM
SAMUEL SMITH
JOSEPH LEDY
THOMAS HOWARD
GORDON HOWARD
THOMAS DALLIRE
WIDOW MAYBEE
MILTON HAY
ROBERT McFARLAN
HUGH WHITE
JOHN TAYLOR
EPHRAIM MOORE
ROBERT MIDDLETON
HUGH McKEEN
WILLIAM BRAIN
JOSEPH SMITH
JOHN KAR
MALCON KAR
JOHN DAVIDSON
JAMES KYLE
ANDREW CORNISH
WILLIAM GRANT
STEPHEN ATKINSON
JAMES LEYMSON
EDWARD DOUGHERTY
JAMES PATTERSON
JOHN McGRADY
PETER BASILION

Assessment books of 1725-26 con-
tains the tax only, not the valuations.
The names of the residents and
amount of taxes in shillings and
pence of the same in each township
are as follows:

CONESTOGA BATE,

Shilling Pence

ABRAHAM BLAZIER 2 4

ABRAM BUCWUTHER 2 9

ABRAHAM KENDRICK 3 3

ADAM LELNER

ANDREW GONEY

ANDREW NEWEL

ANDREW SHALLET

ANTHONY BRITTON

ABRAHAM BUCKNER

ADAM SHERELL

ANDREW CORNISH

EDMUND CARTLEDGE

EMANUEL HERR

EDWARD DOUGHERTY

ELIZABETH DAWSON

Amounts Faded
FRANCIS NATTS (WATTS)

HENRY GOOUD
HERMAN LONG
HENRY BARE, Sr.
HENRY MUSSELMAN
HENRY CARPENTER
ANDREW COFFMAN 3

ABRAM HAEGY 9

ANDREW HEARSEY 2

ANTHONY NISLEY 2

BENJAMIN KEAISEY 3

BENEDICT VENERY 6

BENJAMIN WIDMER 4

(184)

BENJAMIN WIDMER, Sr. 5 4

CHRISTIAN HAIR 7 6

CHRISTIAN FRANCISCUS 7 3

CHRISTIAN CRIDER 3

CHRISTIAN SHANK 3

CASPER LOUGHMAN 3 3

CHRISTIAN CHRISTOPHER 2 3

CHRISTIAN VENARY 2

CHRISTIAN JONES 3 3

DANIEL. LONGALER 3

DANIEL, JARVIS 3

DORIS EABY 5

DANIEL. HOURSET 8

DAN ASHELMAN 5

DANIEL. HARMAN 7 6

JACOB HAMPER 1 6

JOHN DAVIS 1 6

JACOB DYNE 6

JOHN LYNE 6
JOHN FLINCHBORD ' 1 6

JOHN JONES 2 6

JOHN LUNDUS 4 6

JOHN RUDINGELi 4 6

JOHN MOYER 4

JOHN HOOVER 4

JOHN WIDMER 8

JACOB MIRE 4

JOHN BANROW 1 6

JACOB BOOMAN 3

JOHN BOWMAN 3

JOSEPH (ERASED) 3

JOHN " 3 6

3

8 3

2

3 6

3 3

5

EGRI 5

WEAVER 6 6

HAIR 8

JACOB BEAM 2 9

JACOB DOWNS 3

JOHN McHENRY 1 6

JACOB GOOD 3 3

JACOB HOOVER 2

JOHN BOYER 2 3

JOHN LYNE 3
JOHN GOURYENE DOCTOR 3 4

JACOB FUNK 3 4

JOHN GRYDER 10

JACOB FRETIG (FRELIG?) 2 3

JACOB BRUBAKER 4 6

JOHN SHANK 4 6

JOHN HENDRICKS 3 9

JAMES PATTERSON 1 3

JOHN POSTLEWAIT 2 3

JOHN BOWMAN 2 6

HENRY MILLER
HENRY LANDIS

HENRY SELDOMRICK 4 6

HENRY HENDRICKS 2

JOHN NEWCOMER 2 9

JOHN NUTEN 6

JOHN NAQOMBER 2

JOHN PARCKHOLDER 4 4

JACOB GROVE 6

JACOB MAYER 7 6

JOHN NISLEY 3

JOHN YOOUTH 5 3

JOHN LEROW 2 3

JOHN NOATER 3 3

JAS. STONE 6

(185)

JACOB KENRICK 2 3

JACOB GRYDER 3

JOHN HAIR 7 6

JACOB SOWDER 5 6

JACOB LIGHT 2 6

JAS. BUCKHOLDER 3 4

JACOB KENDICK 3 4

JACOB KISTATER 4 6

JOHN BRUBAKER

(MILLER) 7 6

JOHN WIDMER 3

JOHN BUNGARDNER 2

ISAAC BUNGARNER 2

ISAAC COFFMAN
JOHN KENDRICK
JOHN COUGHMAN
JAS. LOYD

JOHN SHANK (MASON)
JOHN DOBOIS
JOHN BOAKMAN
JACOB RITZ
JOHN MOYER
JOHN TAYLOR
JOHN WALK
JACOB SRILY TAYLOR
JACOB SNEVELY
JOHN SNEVELY
JOHN NISSLEY
JOHN FREDERICKFULLS
JOHN SHOPF (SHOPF)
JOHN MUSSELMAN
JOHN HOOVER
JOHN GEORGE GOODMAN
JOHN GAREY
ISAAC LEFEVER
JOHN STOREY
JOHN FREDERICK
JOHN TAYLOR
JOHN GOOD

JACOB MILLER TAYLOR
JOHNSTAPER (STAUFFER)
JOHN LYNE
JOHN ADAM BRAND
JOHN LONG

jacob wainer
jacob george
james cobman
Jacob landus
james hendricks
samuel boyer
samuel taylor

JACOB CASNER

JACOB MILLER (ELDER)

JACOB MILLER Jr.

JAMES LOW

MICHAEL GRIM 8

MICHAEL SHANK 3 6

MICHAEL SHENK (at Geo.

Gray's place) 3

MARTIN MALIN 8

MIKE LAUGHMAN 4 6

MARTIN HARNISH 4

MICHAEL DOWNER 4

MICHAEL BAIR 3

MARTIN GOOD 3 9

MICHAEL WALFER 1 6

MARTIN MILLER 3

MICHAEL MOYER 4

MICHAEL GRIDER 3 6

MIKE IRISHMAN 4 6

MIKE MILLER 4 6

OWEN O'NEAL 2 3

PETER VANLOVER 3 3

2

9

4

3

3

4

4

3

3

2

5

3

6

4

3

2

3

3

2

3

1

6

2

6

1

3

2

6

3

2

7

8

6

4

3

3

9

2

6

6

2

3

2

6

2

6

4

3

3

9

3

3

2

6

6

3

3

4

2

3

2

9

3

9

3

6

(186)

PETER LEAMAN 6

ROBERT BAKER & SON 7 6

RICHARD CARTER 4

SIMEON KING 2
TOBIAS HENDRICKS, Esq. 5

THOMAS FALKNER 3 3

THOMAS DAVID 3

THOMAS BALDWIN 5

THOMAS LEWIS 2 3

WENDALL BOWMAN 5

WILLIAM WALKER 1 6

WOOLRICH HOUSER 3 3

WILLIAM HUGHS 4

WILLIAM WILLIS 5 9

WILLIAM SHERRELL 3 3

WILLIAM MIDDLETON 3 3

WOOLRICH BRACKBILL 5 3

GEORGE KENDIG 2 9

GEORGE GRAVER 3

GEORGE BOD 2 6

GEORGE EBY 2

GEORGE STEID 3

GEORGE MIDDLETON 3 3

MICHAEL BAGHMAN 6

PETER GOOD 3

PETER YEARDY 5

PETER LAMAN 2

RUDY MILLER & SON 5 6

STEPHEN PAIR (BAIR) 3 3

STEPHEN ATKINSON 4

SIMON PICKLE 4 6

Freemen.

john gurrow 9

woolrich kendick 9

henry slides 9

cowell beasel 9

Thomas shanon 9

christian linvill 9

benjamin peats 9

william besewick 9

jacob genkhouser 9

benjamin linder 9

frence milan 9

thomas stemen 9

andrew cox 9

robert evans 9

christian coleman 9

joseph mitchell 9

Head Bates.

CALDWALADER ELLIS 2

MARGARET LYNE 2 3

GABRIEL DAVIS 2 6

DAVID JENKINS 1 6

PHILIP DAVIS 2 b

CHRISTIAN LYNE 2 3

JOSEPH LYNE 2 3

GEORGE HUDSON 2 6

EDWARD DAVIS 2 6

JOHN DAVIS 2 6

DONEGAL BATE.

JAMES LETORT 1 0

GEORGE STEWART 5

JOHN ALLISON 3

THOMAS MITCHELL 2 2

DAVID MOLLEWS 2 3

WILLIAM BRIAN 2 3

(187)

SAMUEL FULTON

2

THOMAS WILKER

2

6

WILLIAM WILKINS

3

3

JAMES GOLBRAITH

1

6

JOHN MITCHELL

1

6

JAMES RILE (PILE)

2

3

JAMES CUNNINGHAM

1

6

JAMES BROWNLEE

6

JONAH DAVENPORT

12

ROUNALD CHAMBERS

2

JOSEPH ALLISON

3

e

JAMES CORNISH

2

3

JAMES SMITH

2

6

EPHRAIM MOOR

2

6

PATRICK CAMPBELL

3

ROBERT MIDDLETON

2

PETER ALLEN

3

3

JOHN GOLGRAITH

2

6

RICHARD ALLISON

3

ANDREW GALBRAITH

1

ff

WIDOW DEWING

1

ROBERT BOHAMAN

2

WILLIAM HAY

1

6

JAMES RODY

2

HUGH WHITE

2

THOMAS BLACK

2

JOHN BLACK & SON

1

6

GRODON HOWARD

2

JAMES WORK

2

HUGH McKEEN

2

ALEXANDER HUTCHESON

■ 2

3

WILLIAM BOOHANAN

1

6

JOHN TAYLOR

2

JOHN MAVISH

2

THOMAS GARDNER

2

3

WILLIAM WHITE

2

JAMES MITCHELL

5

ROBERT McFARLAN

2

JOHN STERET (

1

6

ROBERT BROOM

1

SAMUEL SMITH

2

3

ALEXANDER McKEEN

1

ROBERT MONDSON

2

JOHN MICHAEL KAR

3

MICHAEL WOUD

2

JOHN BURT

5

JOHN GARDNER

4

JOHN MILLER

2

3

WILLIAM DUNLOP

2

3

PEQUEA EATE.

DANIEL COOKSON
JAS. JERVIS
JONUS HANMAN
THOMAS CLARK
JAMES VARNER
JOHN CLEMSON
MAYAN BURR
JOHN COMPTON
SAMUEL ROBINSON
WILLIAM CLARK
JOHN WHITESIDE
SAMUEL WAINER
MAYAN JONES
JAMES GAULT
BENJAMIN HEATH
HENRY COWAN
HUGH COMPTON
JOSHUA ROE

Shilling's Pence
5

(188)
CONESTOGA BATE— 1726-7.

EDMOND CARTLEDGE

10

ANDREW CORNISH

6

6

TOBIAS HENDRICKS

4

6

JAMES HENDRICKS

3

3

JOHN HENDRICKS

3

6

ALBERT HENDRICKS

2

6

HONDERY HENDRICKS

2

WM. WALKER

2

JOHN LINVILL

3

4

CHAS. BALDWIN

4

6

ELIZ DAWSON

2

6

CALEB WORLEY

3

FRANCIS WORLEY

2

THOS. PARRY

3

BRUCE WORLEY

2

COLLIN McCURRY

2

GEO. MIDDLETON

3

6

WM. MIDDLETON

2

8

WM. SHERRALL

2

4

DAVID JONES

2

6

ROBERT BAKER & SON

7

JOS. CLAPAM

3

EDW. DOUGHERTY

2

8

STEPHEN ATKINSON

3

8

JAMES PATTERSON

12

6

JOHN POSTLEWAIT

2

6

DAN FERREE

8

0

PHILLIP FERREE

7

RICHARD DAVIS

2

3

ISAAC LEP'EVER

8

6

JACOB MIER

8

3

MART KENDRICK & SON 12 6

JACOB GRIDER 4

VENDAL BOWMAN 5 3

JOHN NEWCOMER 3 3

JOHN BOWMAN 2 3

JOHN FONK 9
CHRISTOPHER FRANK-

ESBY 6

MICHAEL DOWNER 4 4

JACOB KENDICK 4 3
JACOB GROVE

(on Baker's Creek) 3 6

FELIX LANDES 7 6

HOWRY HANCE 6

JACOB COBNER 3

GOSPER LAGHMAN 3 6

PETER YORDY 4

CHRISTIAN STONE 4

ANN LEWIS 2 10

JOHN FREDERICK 4 9

THOMAS SNEVELLY 4

JOHN LOYN 5 6

JOHN JOPER 2

JACOB LOYN 4 3

GEO. BADE 4

JACOB ROLAND 3 6

MICHAEL ALBERT 2 6

WM. ALBERT 3

JACOB BAER 5

MICHAEL BAIR 2 6

ANDREW GEREY 3 3

JOHN GEREY 3 3

JAMES LEINEW 2 6

JOHN WINARD 2 9

JOHN BURKHOLDER 5

GEO. KENDRICKS 3 9

JACOB BEAM 2 10

CHRIST PR]M 5 9

CHRISTIAN LINES 3 6

10 6

7 3

3 4

(189)

HENRY HOOVER 3

MICHAEL PRIM 5 lU

JACOB GAILL. 3

JOHN GROVE __^ 3 10

BENEDICT VENERY 5 10

HANCE JACOB LIGHT 3 6

HANS NISLEY 3 6

WALLACE BRACKBILL 5 3

HOWRY SHANK & 6

MART BOYER 3 d

JOHN BOYER 3 4

SAM BOYER -„ . 1 q

JOHN LYON (on Pequea) 3 9

JACOB KENDICK 3

ffl^SA^l'^EANGLINGLER
MART MILAN 7 «

MART HARNIS 6

H. HOWERY 6

JOHN HAIR 10

CHRIST HAIR
EMANUEL HAIR
JOHN CHILD
GEO. EBY i

JOHN HOOVER 3

HANCE NUSSELMAN 3

JOHN NIER (MIER?) 2 9

HENRY BAIR 4 d

HANS WIDMER 2 b

HENRY MILLER 2 6

HENRY WEAVER _„ 2 b

FITTER NEWCOMER 3 9

JOHANNES STAUPFER 1 «

JOHN GOOD ] .

SICKMAX LANDIS 4 6

ANDRAS MIXELL 4

CHRIST WINGER 4

JOHN SWOBE 4 6

JACOB SCHWANDY 2 6

JACOB WANER 3 d

JACOB GRAVE 3 6

HANCE GROVE 4

MART BAIR _ or

JOHN GAYLOR ^ ? ^

JOHN KINGRICK 3

PETER EBY. 3

JACOB FUNK 4

JOHN LOYD 4

HENRY GOCUNK 3 6

JON. WARLICK 3 i

THE DOCTOR 3

RICHARD OWEN 2

WM. WILLIS 4 6

JOSHUA LOW 2

ABRAHAM BLAZER 3

GASPER WALLER 3

JOHN LANDIS 4 6

ABRAHAM MIER S ?

JOHN REIDYEGLE 4 3

JOHN MEIR I ^

JOHN GROVE 5

MART GROVE _ It

PETER VANHOVER 2 3

ALBERT RUM 2 b

HENRY MOLER 2

PETER LEMAN 2 6

JOHN FREY 2

JACOB BOWMAN 2 5

JOHN BOWMAN 2

(190)

PHILIP BADGER

2

JACOB ECHBARGER

2

3

JOHN LANDIS

2

6

HENRY LANDIS

2

JACOB SNEVELLY

3

JOHN JACOB GROVE

1

6

JACOB GROVE

2

6

DAVID PRIEST

1

6

ROBERT ERES

1

6

PETE BELO (BELLAR)

4

3

ANTHONY BRITHER

4

3

BALSO VENRY

3

THOS. COWPER

1

6

ADAM LINTNER

3

3

GEO. STIETS

4

JOHN GOODMAN

2

JOHN MYLIN

3

ANDREW SHELDON

3

6

DORS EBY

4

3

JOHN NEDLY BRAND

3

SIMEON KING

1

6

JOHN BAGHMAN

4

4

JOHN TAYLOR

4

6

HENRY NERS

3

MIKE IRISHMAN

5

3

JOHN NIER

5

6

PETER ODEMAR

5

CONARD SIGILE

2

3

GEO. STENGLINGER

2

3

JACOB HAGMEN

2

CHRIST STAMAN

3

JOHN BRUBAKER

6

3

ANDREW HERSHEY

5

PHIL. SHISKLEHACK

2

2

JOHN BONGARDNER

2

3

JOHN WIDMER

4

6

JOHN SHNEVELY

6

6

BEN HARSEY

5

9

JOHN SNEVELY, Jr.

6

JACOB SNAVELY

9

9

JOHN LONG

4

3

RUDY MEIRS

3

9

PETER BENGARDNER

3

JOHN JONES

2

ti

MIKE SHANK

4

3

HENRY MUSSELMAN

4

3

JACOB BRUBAKER

5

CHAS. MUSSELMAN

2

9

JOHN SHANK

4

3

AB HERR

. 5

6

RUDY HAIR

3

6

CHRIST HAIR

3

3

WORLICK RODE

4

6

MART OVERLB

4

6

JOHN WEAVER

3

3

STEPHEN BRENEMAN

3

NOAH HOUSER

3

9

DAN ENGOLER

5

MIKE SHIRK

5

3

AB. BUKHOLDER

3

3

DAN HAIRAMAN

7

6

HENRY CARPENTER

12

6

JOS. STONE

5

SAM TAYLOR

2

JAMES DAVIS

1

6

MICHAEL SPRINGLE

4

3

RUDY MILLER & SON

5

9

JACOB MILLER

3

JACOB MILLER, Jr.

3

4

MART MILLER

3

PETER LEMMAN

8

CHRIST HERSHEY

4

JOHN KEAGY

4

6

(191)

BEN WIDMER

4

3

BEN WIDMER, Jr.

4

JAC. LANDIS

5

3

DORIS BUGHWOLD

4

3

JAS. BUGHWOLD

3

MART LANDIS

2

ANN GRIDER

6

6

JOHN LOYD

2

6

MICH. HOOVER

6

ED. PERWELL

1

6

PANE WILLIAMS

3

3

JESSERY SUMMERFORD

3

JOHN COUSLT

3

THOS. GALE

4

DAN ASHLEMAN

6

3

HENRY BAIR. Jr.

6

CHRIST BAIR, Jr.

2

9

CHRIST MARTIN

2

6

JACOB HESTADER

3

6

MICHAEL CRITER

3

6

JOHN SHANK

3

6

ISAAC COPPMAN

6

3

JACOB REES

3

3

PETER SWAR

3

6

SAM MILLEN

3

6

RICHARD CARTER

3

JOHN DAVIS

2

CHRIST CRIBBLE

3

9

HANNAH ORIG

5

3

CHRIS. BELLA.MAN

5

WM. HUGHES

6

MICHAEL BAGHMAN

5

6

REECE PREICE

2

JACOB FUNK

2

9

JACOB CRITTER

5

6

THOS. MORGAN

2

6

JOHN EVANS

2

6

NATHANIEL EVANS

2

6

THOS. EDWARDS

4

AB. STRUCKLER

(STRICKLER?)

2

9

MIKE MIER

5

3

JACOB MILLER

4

MIKE MILLER

4

9

ANTHONY COUSLY

3

CHRIST BENGARDER

1

4

Freemen.

Shillings Pence

HUGH LOW
THOS. LENVILL 9
HUGH BRYON 9
JOHN RUTTER 9
JOHN SHNER 9
PHIL. SHNER 9
RUDY FEIRA 9
EMANUEL CARPENTER 9
MIKE WELSER 9
CONRAD BISALD 9
HANCE MYLIN 9
DAVID EVANS 9
JNO. WILSEGOLD
WM. JACOB SHOUDING 9
JOHN EBY 9
HENRY STUD (TANNER) 9
JOHN GREEBALL 9
WM. GINGRICH 9
WM. BEESWECK 9
WM. WILKINS 9
RICHARD WITH JNO. PAT-
TERSON 9
CHARLES GASKI 9

(192)
CONESTOGA HEAD RATE.

COL,DWATJiA.DER ELLIS

1

6

GABRIEL DAVIS

2

6

DAVID JENKINS

1

6

EDW. DAVIS

2

6

THOS. MORGAN

3

6

GEO. HUDSON

2

6

PHIL DAVIS

2

6

JOHN DAVIS

2

JOHN WILLIAMS

1

6

DONEGAL RATE OF 1726-27.

JAMES LETART 1 1

JONES DAVENPORT 12

GEO. STEWART 5

JOS. WORK 2

WIDOW McKEEN 1 6

ROBT. MOUDY 2

RONALD CHAMBERS 2 3

JOHN ALLISON 7 3

JAMES ALLISON 1 6

THO. MITCHELL 2

JAMES COUCH 2 3

DAVID McCLEMS 2 3

JAMES SMITH 2 6

WM. BRAINS 2

EPH. MOORE 2

PAT. CAMPBELL 4

GEO. MEFAET 1 6

ROBT. MIDDLETON 2

PETER ALLEN 3 3

JAMES GALLRATH 1 6

JOHN GILBRETH 2 6

JOHN MITCHEL 1 6

RICHARD ALLISON 2 9

JAMES KILE 1 6

AND. GILBREATH 1 6

JAMES CUNNINGHAM 1 6

ROBT. BOWCHANAN 2

WM. MAYBE & SON 2 6

JAMES MITCHEL 5

ROBT McGOWAN 2

JOHN STOUT 1 6

ROBT. BRIAN 1

SAM. SEINTA 2 3

ALEX HUTCHINSON 2 6

JOHN KER 1 6

WM. BOUCHANAN 1 6

MIKE WOODS 2

JOHN TAYLOR 2

JOHN DOWDSON 1

DAN CLARK 1 6

JAS. BAILER 1 6

HUGH SCOT 0
JOHN DOCK & MOTHER 2

GABRIEL McNUTT 1 6

JOHN BURT 6

JOHN HARRIS 5

JOS. CLAUD 5

JOHN LAWRENCE 2

ABRAHAM INLESS 1 6

JOHN GARDNER 2 3

THOS. GARDNER 2 3

WM. DOUNLAY 2 3

ROBT. DUNING 1 6

WM. HAY 1 6

JAMES RUDY 2 6

HUGH WHITE 2

THOS. BLOCK 2

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JOHN BLACK & SON 1
GORDON HOWARD 2
THOS. BALLE 2

Freemen.

JOHN WALKER 9

JEREMIAH BIGON 9

WM. BEACH

PEQUEA RATE— 1726.

DANIEL COCKSON 10

WM. CLARK 5

JOS. JERVIS 6

JOHN WHITESIDE 4

JOS. HICKMAN 8

JOHN BRANDT 1

SAM VERMON 8

THOS. CLARK 5

MORGAN JONES 5

JOHN WILLIAMS 5

WM. WILLSON 1

JAMES GOULT 1 6

JOHN CLEMSON 4

BENJ. HEATH 2 6

DAVID COWEN 2 6

HUGH TOMPSON • 2

JOHN THOMPSON 2 6

SAM. ROBINSON 3

JAS. ROE 1

WM. RICHARDSON 2 6

JOHN HARTINGS

(HASTINGS?) 1

CHAS. CLARK 1 6

JAMES COLE 1

WIDOW FAULK 2 6

JAMES WHITEHILL 1 6

JOHN BARGER 1 6

JAMES GAUSTON 1 6

DAVID COWYM 2

WM. COWYM 2

JOHN MILLER 1 6

THOS. GARDNER 3

Tax rate was three pence per pound.

At the end of the book appears a
statement signed by James Mitchell,
Thos. Edwards, Sam. Lewis, Caleb
Copeland & Jo. Brinton, saying these
are the rates in Chester county, of
three pence per pound, and lands and
stock; and nine shillings a head poll,
upon single men of the second, third
and fourth days of January 1726-27.

INHABITANTS OF LANCASTER
COUNTY IN 1726.

Conestog-a Taxables 259
Conestoga (Freeman)

Taxables 22

Conestoga Head-rates

Taxables 9

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Doneg-al Taxables . . 60
Donegal Freeman

Taxables 3

Pequea Taxables ... 31

384x6-2304 people.

The total tax of Conestoga was
12,124 pence, being three pence in a
pound valuation, making a valuation
of 4,041 pounds. This shews an
average worth of each of the 259 tax-
ables to be 15 and 6-10 pounds. Done-
gal and Pequea averaged about the
same.

Copied from the originals by

H. FRANK ESHLEMAN. 1916.

MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER MEETING.

Lancaster, Sept. 1, 1916.

The membership of the Lancaster
County Historical Society took a big
jump on Friday night when the names
of twenty-seven persons, both in the
city and county, were proposed. It
was the largest number of applications
ever presented at one meeting, and no
doubt was brought about by the ef-
forts being made to better acquaint
the public with what the Society Is
doing, notably through the annual
outing held in June at Miss Grubb's
place at Mt. Hope and the social func-
tion held in May at the Brunswick.

The Society resumed its work for
the winter last evening with a good
attendance of members. President
Steinman was in the chair. Miss
Bausman, the Librarian, reported a
number of very valuable special do-
nations received since the June meet-
ing, as follows:

Bound Volumes — Bureau of Amer-
ican Ethnology, 29th and 30th Annual
Reports; Early Records of Albany,
from the New York State Library;
Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. V of the
Seventh Series, from the Pennsylva-
nia State Library; One-Sided Auto-
biography, from Prof. L. Oscar Kuihns;
List of Newspapers in the Yale Uni-
versity Library; Annual Report of the
Smithsonian Institute, 1915.

Magazines and Pamphlets — ^Amer-
ican Philosophical Society (four num-
bers) ; American Catholic Historical
Society; Pennsylvania Magazine;
Washington Historical Quarterly;
Historical Society of Frankford; Leb-
anon County Historical Society (two
numbers); Snyder County Historical
(195;

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Society Bulletin; Linden Hall Echo
(two numbers) ; Twentieth Anniver-
sary Souvenir of Emanuel Lutheran
Church; Classification of Books in the
Library of Congress on Universal and
Old World History; Bulletin of the
New York Public Library (four num-
bers) ; Bulletin of the Grand Rapids
Public Library (three numbers);
Bulletin of the Carnegie Library,
Pittsburgh (two numbers) ; Twentieth
Annual Report of Carnegie Library,
Pittsburgh.

Special Donations — Early Ephrata
Imprint, from Miss Anna Neuhauser,
Millersville ; Five Lancaster Imprints,
from the Y. M. C. A. Library; Two old
newspapers, from Mrs. J. W. Staman;
Large number of old newspapers, from
Miss Gearhart, of Lock Haven; Valu-*
able old Lancaster pamphlets belong-
ing to the 1776-1796 period, from Dr.
D. W. Nead, of Reading; Copy of the
"Inquisition of Three Indians Mur-
dered in 1730," from Mr. C. E. Postle-
thwaite; Old nails from the Pish Man-
sion, built 1700, and located on Long
Island, this place being used as head-
quarters by the British during the
Revolution, from Capt. E. E. Stokes,
of Brooklyn.

The volume from Dr. Nead has
been nicely bound and will iprove a
valuable addition to the Society's li-
brary. Included in the volume are
several pamphlets presented by F. R.
Diffenderffer.

The following were proposed for
memhership: Mrs. John A. Goll, 607
North Duke street, Lancaster; Rev. S.
M. Mountz, New Holland; Mrs. Flor-
ence B. Gibble, Lititz; Henry R. Gib-
ble, Lititz; Mrs. Margaret Reilly
Brown, Lancaster; Justice J. Hay
Brown, Lancaster; Prof. W. R. T>ar-
mer, Denver; Guy K. Bard, Ephrata;
Christ F. Wissler, Lincoln; Harry L.
Wealand, Clay; Adam Mellinger, Clay;

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A. E. Lane, Clay; Rev. S. G. Zerfass,
Ephrata; Mrs. C. E. Netsc'her, 609
West Orange street, Lancaster; C. B.
Hart, 437 West Orange street, Lan-
caster; Miss Salome B. Rhodes, 601
West Orange street, Lancaster; Miss
Adelaide Trosh, 449 West Orange
street, Lancaster; Miss Emma Groff,
303 West King street, Lancaster; Miss
Grace A. Foster, 449 West Orange
street, Lancaster; Miss Mary L.
Hoover, 303 West King street, Lan-
caster; Miss Virginia Bladen Clark,
227 East Orange street, Lancaster;
Mrs. John T. Todd, 422 North Duke
street, Lancaster; Mrs. J. C. Russell,
110 East Walnut street, Lancaster;
Mrs. Walter C. Herr, 110 East Walnut
street, Lancaster; Walter C. Herr, 110
East Walnut street, Lancaster; Mrs.
Harry E. Edgerly, 842 Marietta ave-
nue, Lancaster.

These persons were elected to mem-
bership: Miss Emma Hastings, Miss
Mary C. Russel, Dr. B. F. L. Swarr,
Dr. and Mrs. L. K. Knight, Prof. A. C.
Wertsch, Lancaster; D. M. Landis,
Long Lane; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Boettcher, of Neffsville.

Hon. Thomas L. Montgomery, State
Librarian, was elected an honorary
member.

D. F. Magee, Esq., asked for the
assistance of the Society in a work
the Board of County Commissioners is
taking up, the cataloguing in conve-
nient form of all the old documents
in the Court House that relate to the
early history of Lancaster county.
The Commissioners have secured the
assistance of the Bar Association and
with the historians lending their help
it is believed that the old records can
be placed in such shape that their
value can be greatly increased. The
Society appointed Mr. Magee, Mr. Esh-
leman and Mr. Arnold a committee to
work with the Commissioners. The

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work will be under the direction of
Commissioner Magee.

The paper of the evening was pre-
pared and read by Mr. Eshleman and
was based on the early assessments
of the townships of Lancaster as
found in the records of the Chester
county Court House. These lists will
prove of great value to the Society,
especially in the matter of research,
as they give the names of the very
first settlers in this section.

The annual pilgrimage of the Lan-
caster County Historical Society was
taken to the fine ancestral mansion
of the Grubb family at Mount Hope,
near the Lebanon county line, on Sat-
urday, June 24. The historians and
their friends, about three hundred in
number, were entertained there as
guests by Miss Daisy Elizabeth Brooke
Grubb. They journeyed to the place
by train and automobile and had a
most enjoyable time on the historic
premises.

Miss Grubb proved, as always, a
most gracious hostess. The early
hours of the afternoon were given
over to an informal reception and so-
cial gathering. An interesting pro-
gramme was rendered at 2 o'clock.
Hon. Charles L Landis, presided. The
main features were: A cornet solo,
"Assembly;" singing, "America;" in-
vocation by the Right Rev. James
Henry Darlington, Bishop of the Dio-
cese of Harrisburg in the Episcopal
Church; address by T. Roberts Appel,
Esq., "The History of Mount Hope
Since 1784;" singing, "Columbia, The
Gem of the Ocean;" an address, Col.
James Burd," by Dr. John W. Jordan;
singing, ^"Come,Thou Almighty King;"
an address, "The Purpose of a Histori-
cal Society," by Wm. H. Keller, Esq.;
benediction by Rev. A. Alun Hughes;
singing, "Auld Lang Syne;" and a
cornet solo, "A Perfect Day."

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In his excellent paper, Mr. Appel
treated of tlie Grubb family at con-
siderable length and dwelt upon the
historic buildings on the premises.
These are: The mansion-house, the
chapel and the furnace. Speaking of
these briefly, the speaker said in part:

"The furnace was erected in 1784
and 1785 by Peter Grubb (great grand-
father of the present owner) a son of
Peter Grubb, the pioneer and discover-
er of the Cornwall Iron Hills and the
builder of the furnace there and the
forge at Hopewell on Hammer Creek,
where he lived. The frunace stands
to the east of the mansion-house, at
the foot of a most picturesque ravine
on the banks of the "Chickasalunga"
and after being operated continuously
and successfully as a charcoal iron
furnace by the Grubb family for a
round century, went out of blast in
188.5 — a generation after its neighbor
at "Elizabeth" and "Hopewell" and
"Speedwell" forges on Hammer Creek
censed to be operated.

The mansion was erected in the
year 1800 on a knell rising out of the
foothills of the "South Mountain,"
along the highway leading from Lan-
caster through Manheim and Corn-
wall to Lebanon, by Henry Bates
Grubb, owner of Mt. Hope Furnace,
Mt. Vernon Furnace, Cordorus Iron
Works, and the thousands of acres of
land surrounding each, as well as
Joint owner of Hopewell Forges and
Cornwall Mine and Furnace.

To the south, and separated from
furnace and mansion by a park, of
mid-England appearance, stands
"Hope Church," built in 1845 by Har-
riet Amelia Buckley Grubb, daughter
of Daniel Buckley, ironmaster of
"Brooke Forge" in Salisbury township,
the widow of Henry Bates Grubb;
since largely supported and maintain-
ed by the Grubb family; lately en-

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larged and improved by Miss Daisy
Elizabeth Brooke Grubb, the present
owner of the estates.

"Hope Church" is the mother church
of the Episcopal churches at Manheim,
Lebanon and Colebrook, and with t' e
ancestral home, receives, with the
tenderest solicitude and affection, the
care of our most gracious hostess on
this occasion.

Handsome and artistic souvenir
booklets of the buildings and premises,
and products of the furnaces in the
past, were prepared for the visitors
by Walter C. Hager.

The committee which arranged the
event consisted of Hon. Charles I.
Landis, Chairman; Miss Daisy E. B.
Grubb, Miss Martha B. Clark, A. K.
Hostetter, L. B. Herr and Walter C.
Hager.

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